Linguistic Archaeology: The discovery of Poison

 Poison in almost every language

1. Poison
2. Gif
3. Helmi
4. Merizi
5. Sum
6. T’uyn
7. Wininu
8. Zahar
9. Baga
10. Pozoia
11. Atruta
12. Biṣa
13. Otrov
14. Otrova
15. Verí
16. Hilo
17. Poizoni
18. Dú
19. Jed
20. Gift
21. viha
22. *HR (dogri)
23. Vergif
24. Veneno (esperanto)
25. Mürk
26. Aɖi
27. Lason
28. Myrkyttää
29. Fergif
30. Veleno
31. Shkhami
32. Dilitírio
33. Tykuevai
34. Jhēra
35. Pwazon
36. Guba
37. ʻawaʻawa
38. RA* (hebrew)
39. Tshuaj lom
40. Méreg
41. Eitur
42. Nsi
43. Sabidong
44. Racun
45. nimh
46. Doku
47. Viṣa
48. W
49. Poul
50. Uburozi
51. *B (konkani)
52. Dog
53. P*YZIN (krio)
54. Axû (kurmanji kurdish)
55. *ER (sorani kurdish)
56. Uu
57. Phid
58. Venenum (latin)
59. Inde
60. Nuodai
61. Obutwa
62. Gëft
63. HHR (maithili)
64. Poizina
65. Viṣaṁ
66. Velenu
67. Paihana
68. Tur
69. Khor
70. Aasiut
71. Summii
72. ZHR (pashto)
73. SM (persian)
74. Zatruć
75. Tóxico
76. Zahira
77. Miyu
78. Otravă
79. Yad
80. Oona
81. VS (sanskrit)
82. Nimhe
83. Mpholo
84. Chefo
85. Chepfu
86. ZHR (sindhi)
87. WS (sinhala)
88. Strup
89. Sun
90. Veneno
91. Sumu
92. Förgifta
93. Zahr
94. Viṣam
95. AD*LAN* (tatar)
96. Phis̄ʹ (thai)
97. DR* (tigrinya)
98. Chefu
99. Zehir
100. Zäher
101. Awuduro
102. otruta
103. ZHR (urdu)
104. ZEHERLI (uyghur)
105. Thuốc độc
106. Gwenwyn
107. Ityhefu
108. Sm
109. Majele
110. Ubuthi


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
41 37%    27 24%   44 40%  30 27%      35 32%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
8     7%    6    5%     15 13%    9    8%       11 10%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
30 27%    4   3%      6    5%     12 11%     19 17%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
23 21%   13 11%     0    0%     36 33%     20 18%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
22 20%    15 13%   8     7%     2    1%        8    7%

Z      %
17 15%




Popularity of use
40% I:
37% A, I:
33% R, A, I: RA* (hebrew),
32% U, R, A, I: Uu,
27% H, O, U, R, A, I: HHR (maithili), *HR (dogri),
24% E, H, O, U, R, A, I: *ER (sorani kurdish),
21% N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Racun, Oona,
20% T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Tur, otruta, Atruta, Eitur,
18% S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Aasiut, Sun, Nsi,
17% M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Sumu, Sm, Nimhe, Summii, SM (persian), nimh, Sum,
15% Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Zahr, Zehir, Zäher, ZHR (urdu), Zahar, ZHR (sindhi), ZHR (pashto), Zahira, Merizi,
13% D, V, Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Inde, Nuodai, DR* (tigrinya), Dú, Aɖi, Viṣam, Veneno, Otravă, VS (sanskrit), Viṣaṁ, Viṣa, Venenum (latin), Veneno (esperanto), viha, Otrov, Otrova, Verí,
11% L, P, D, V, Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Strup, Phis̄ʹ (thai), Poizina, Paihana, Phid, Poison, Pozoia, Poizoni, AD*LAN* (tatar), ZEHERLI (uyghur), Velenu, Mpholo, Dilitírio, Lason, Veleno, Poul, Helmi, Hilo,
10% G, L, P, D, V, Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Dog, Méreg,
8% F, G, L, P, D, V, Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Fergif, Förgifta, Gift, Vergif, Gif, Gëft,
7% Y, B, W, F, G, L, P, D, V, Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Gwenwyn, Ityhefu, P*YZIN (krio), Miyu, T’uyn, Yad, WS (sinhala), Awuduro, W, Obutwa, Pwazon, ʻawaʻawa, Wininu, Uburozi, *B (konkani), Ubuthi, Guba, Sabidong, Baga, Biṣa,
5% K, C, Y, B, W, F, G, L, P, D, V, Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Shkhami, Tykuevai, Myrkyttää, Mürk, Doku, Khor, Chefu, Thuốc độc, Chefo, Chepfu, Zatruć,
3% J, K, C, Y, B, W, F, G, L, P, D, V, Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Tshuaj lom, Majele, Jhēra, Jed,
1% X, J, K, C, Y, B, W, F, G, L, P, D, V, Z, M, S, T, N, E, H, O, U, R, A, I: Axû (kurmanji kurdish), Tóxico,
0% Q



Conclusion: Originating in the I linguistic group;

I group                            Sex      %           Dev. Chain        Bandgap
Toltec                                F      100%     (I; T, L; C, A; O)     H, E
Japanese Pantheon                  92%     (I; O; A: N)
Icelandic                          M        81%     (I; R; L; A; O)
Kikuyu                               F        73%     (I; A; N; W; U; R)
Phoenician                       F        70%     (I; T; A; H; N)            D
Jupiter                                         70%    (I; T; P; U; R; E)
Japanese                        M        68%    (I; O; A; S; U)             U
Russian                           M        66%    (I; A; R; N; O; E)         O
Japanese Mountains               62%    (I; A; O; K; S, U)
Kikuyu                             M        60%    (I; A, U, M, R; G; N)   N
Mongol                           M        57%    (I; A; U; Q; R)              E
Norwegian                      F         57%   (I; A; E; N; R; L)           R
Ogham                                       44%    (I; A, E; R; O; U)          T
Poison                                        40%    (I; A; R; U; H, O)

The earliest partial poison is at 33% with RA* (hebrew). This is followed at 32% with Uu (kyrgyz). Peaking at 7% before declining through to 1%.